We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Cohesity DataProtect is user-friendly and straightforward. The setup process was effortless, and both the backup and restore operations are speedy."
"It offers an easy, quick backup and restore of files and VMs. Also, the "Google-like " search for files is awesome."
"It's completely reliable and easy to restore."
"The dashboard is very rich and provides details needed for a moderator."
"Cohesity DataProtect is easily manageable, and you can see every option from the user interface."
"The ability to essentially instantly recover a VM and have it run on the Cohesity Platform while all those bits are technically being recovered in the background is useful to us."
"The SQL Backup and Restore is very easy."
"Cohesity customer service is the best that I have ever used. They are extremely fast in responding to cases, fixed all issues, and answered every question in a very timely manner."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"It's the perfect solution for virtual and container directives. The data reduction feature works well, and we haven't had any issues."
"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."
"Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is user-friendly and easy to use. it does what it needs to do."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."
"The solution adequately handles data storage."
"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."
"Quality testing of upgrades should be somewhat improved."
"Since it is an evolving product, there are lot of frequent releases which require upgrades to be done every other weekend."
"In terms of what could be improved, it just needs some maturity."
"Their documentation could be refined."
"I'd like to be able to pause a backup while it's running and have it resume when I tell it to resume."
"They could always keep up with continuous interface refinements."
"I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible."
"If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available at the moment."
"The interface is too complex."
"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."
"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."
"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."
"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."
"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."
"Management is difficult and it is hard to determine when things aren't working properly."
"The Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager reports could improve. There should be different kinds of reports on failures, such as dashboards that we can submit to top management or auditors."
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Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery with 8 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager writes "A tool that offers good capacity management and product management". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Dell Avamar, whereas Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is most compared with Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker and Veritas NetBackup. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager report.
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